Featured in The energy access issue – 07-2020

Solar heads south

This year, pv magazine’s annual In Conversation special turns its focus to the Global South. We have gathered a series of interviews from regions the world over that illustrate how solar is making positive contributions across the Global South, from bringing cheap, reliable power to energy-poor communities, to powering the development of emerging economic giants.

By

Mark Hutchins

13 Jul 2020

A PV plant in Jamaica. | Image: Rekamniar Frontier Ventures

Solar PV is already demonstrating its worth all around the world as a clean, reliable source of energy that is increasingly able to compete on price with fossil fuels. But it is in the Global South –in regions where pollution and unequal access to energy have detrimental effects on quality of life for millions of …

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